Tincture-extractor.



No. 731,615. n PATENTED JUNE 23, 1903.' H. RBDLICH.

TINGTURE EXTRAGTOR.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 4 1902.

NO MODEL.

`NITED STATES Patented June 23, 1903.

HENRY REDLICH, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

T'INCTURE-EXTRACTO R.

SPECIFICATIONforming part of Letters Patent No. 731,615, dated .T une 23, 1903.

Application ined March 4,1902.

To all whom it may concern,.-

. Be it known that I, HENRY REDLICH, a citizen of the United States, residingat Chicago, in the countyot Cook andState of Illinois,

`have invented a new and useful Tincture- Extractor, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to devices employed Ain extracting tinctures from various substances and compounds, and has for its object the construction of a simple, inexpensive,

easily-operated, and economical apparatus which may be constructed of any capacity Init-ting the escape of any portion of either the menstruum, the compounds or substances from which the tinctures are extracted, or

the tinctures themselves by evaporation or i y otherwise.

The invention further consists in certain novel features of the construction of the apparatus, all as hereinafter shown and d e\ scribed, and speciticallypointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrativeA of the invention, Figurel represents a vertiiv cal sectional elevation of the apparatus complete.` Fig. 2 is a sectional detail illustrating a modification in the construction.

`The apparatus may be of any size or capacity from the smaller sizes used for technical purposes in laboratories and for pharmaceutical and chemical uses, but also for serial No. naast. (No model.)

latter preferably formed with a glass or similar portion 7 and a screw-fitting collar 8 with a rubber or other i'lexible gasket or packing-ring 9. By this means the cover may be fitted closely and held firmly upon the casing and all chance for the entrance or escape of air or moisture obviared.

Suspended within the casing is a vessel 10,which constitutes the receiver for the compound or substance from whichv the extract is to be obtained, the bottom of the receiver being provided with a centrally disposed open-ended tubular extension 11,thefun.ction of which will presently appear. The receiver.

is provided With a rim 13 around its upper edge to engage a shoulder 14 on the casing 5 and by which it is supported Within the same. The extension 11 is adapted to receive a loosely-fitting plug 15, which is designed to prevent escape of any material from the receiver into the casing or body. The plug 15 will be of glass or other acid-resisting substance or compound. The Walls of the receiver are imperforate; but near its upper part the receiver Will be provided with a Series of perforations 16, which afford communication between the receiver and interior of the casing 5.

If the material 'which is placed in the receiver is of a nature to require it, a packing 17 will be placed in the bottom of the receiver to prevent the escape of the matter yaround the plug 15. This i packing will be required when some kinds of powdered or otherwise linely-divded material is to be treated and may be of any suitable material-such as felt, glass wool, asbestos, or cloth-the quality of the fabric material depending upon the character of the material placed in the receiver.

When thus constructed, the operation is as follows: The cover 7 and the receiver 1i) beingfremoved, the vessel 5 is supplied with the menstruum This menstruum may be of any suitable substance or compound--such as diluted alcohol, wine,spirit, or vinegar, orI water, Yad-according to the substance to `be treated. The receiver 10 is then supplied with its plug and fabric packing 17, if one be required, and the substance or compound to be treated placed in the receiver. The

latter is then slowly lowered into the vessel 5, giving the menstruum time to enter the receiver and percolate through the compound, care having been taken that the quantity of menstruum previously placed in the vessel 5 shall be suicient when it has thoroughly, percolated through the compound in the receiver to rise above the perforations, as indicated by the dotted lines. As the' menstruum `acts on the material or compound in the receiver the extract slowly sinks through the inter'stees around the stopper or plug l5 and sinks to the bottom of the vessel 5, displacing a certain quantity of the menstruum and causing it to iiow over into the upper part of the receiver l0 through the perforations 16, and thus cause a continuous circulation throughout the apparatus and insuring the constant automatic action therein.

The proportions of the inclosing vessel and receiver may be modified and varied to any extent, as circumstances and the nature of the material to be treated may require, and I do not desire to be limited to any specific proportions or form of the apparatus, as these may be modified Without affecting the nature of my invention. The apparatusis also very easy to keep clean, as all the parts are sparable.

The receiver IO may be provided with one or more of the per forations Il, as preferred or as the quality of the material being treated may require.

As a convenience in manufacturing the receiver 10, the perforation 16 might be extendquantities, the form of closure shown in Fig. l would not be convenient to handle, and the form of closure shown in Fig. 2 might be substituted, consistingin a closure 18 of a disk or plate form and supported in place by screw or other clamps 18a. A discharge-spigot 19 might also be connected to the vessel 5 to Withdraw the product.

Having thus described my invention, I claiml. An apparatus of the character specified, comprising a vessel, means for hermetically sealing the same, a receiver inclosed by the vessel and provided nearits upper portion with a plurality of openings and at its bottom with a tubular outlet, and a plug loosely fitting the outlet and operating to prevent escape of any of the substance from which the extract is obtained from the receiver into the vessel.

2. An apparatus of the character specified, comprising a vessel, means for hermetically sealing the same, a receiver inclosed by the vessel and provided near its upper portion with a plurality of openings and at its bottom with a tubular outlet, and a plug loosely tting the outlet and having ahead to rest upon the bottom of the receiver to prevent escape therefrom of the material being treated into the vessel.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

HENRY REDLICH.

Witnesses:

WM. C. DETTMERs, WM. ROHDER. 

